Backing up a database with Barman

After Barman is installed, we should be able to leverage any of its capabilities using the Barman command-line tool. For now, we will focus entirely on creating a backup, verifying that the new backup exists, and examining its contents.

Barman doesn't just produce backups—it also catalogs them extensively. We will use this to our advantage in this recipe to prove that Barman works as advertised.

Getting ready

This recipe depends on Barman being installed on a backup server. Please follow the Installing and configuring Barman recipe before continuing.

How to do it...

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